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Crews Readying Yachts For Mackinac Island Race

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CHICAGO (WWJ/AP) - The crews of more than 350 yachts are preparing to set sail in this year’s Chicago-to-Mackinac Island race, a Lake Michigan tradition that’s more than a century old.

Teams will sail around the clock on the 333 statute-mile course beginning Saturday.

Last year’s race was marred by the deaths the two crew members — 51-year-old skipper Mark Morley and 41-year-old Suzanne Bickel, both of Saginaw — when their Kiwi 35-foot sport boat capsized during a storm.